Comparative Study on Gender Role between Thailand and Japan

• Project/Area Number: 15K03887
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University (2016-2017); Toyo Eiwa University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: ISHII Kayoko 立教大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (50367679)
• Research Collaborator: Kannapa Ponpongrat タマサート大学, イノベーションカレッジ, 専任講師 ; Nisakorn Klanarong タックシン大学, 人文社会科学部, 専任講師
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: ジェンダー役割 / タイ / 日本 / 東南アジア / 東アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project performed a comparative examination of the factors that have brought about differences in the proportion of females in the domestic, and market labor force between Thailand and Japan. This research study particularly focused on the extent of acceptance for labor saving practices such as “outsourcing of domestic work,” “hiring domestic workers,” and “sharing domestic work with broader kin groups and neighbors” in each country. This research study also examined social norms and their role in bringing about the differences in acceptance with regard to the above-mentioned three factors. This research study focused on Japanese female migrants in Thailand and Thai female migrants in Japan. The research results show that gender norms within Asia are much more diverse, although existing research tends to set frameworks such as the “Asian gender norm,” which is then compared with the “Western gender norm.”

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Social vulnerability of marginalized people in times of disaster: Case of Thai women in Japan Tsunami 2011 (2018)
  • Author(s): Kannapa Pongponrat, Kayoko Ishii
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume: 27 Pages: 133-141
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Cross-border Migration in Proximity: Thai-Malay Workers Migrating from Southern Thailand to Northern Malaysia (2016)
  • Author(s): Nisakorn, Klanarong, Kayoko Ishii
  • Journal Title: Contemporary History(現代史研究) Volume: 12 Pages: 1-19
  • NAID: 120006376561
  • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Book] 国際社会学入門 (2017)
  • Author(s): 石井香世子編著
  • Total Pages: 177
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版
• [Book] Labour Migration in the Globalization: Challenges and Perspectives (2016)
  • Author(s): Acharya, Arun Kumar. Bishnu Charan Barik, and Smita Verma eds.,
  • Total Pages: 245
  • Publisher: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
• [Book] パスポート学 (2016)
  • Author(s): 陳天璽・大西宏之・小森宏美・佐々木てる編著
  • Total Pages: 272
  • Publisher: 北海道大学出版
• [Remarks] International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221242091730287X
• [Remarks] Research Gate
  • URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320080847_Social_Vulnerability_of_Marginalized_People_in_Times_of_Disaster_Case_of_Thai_Women_in_Japan_Tsunami_2011